Improvement in construction of buggies



J. H. BYE.

Construting Buggies.`

. No' 40817 Patented Dec. 8, 1863..

NJETERS. PHOTO-LITHOGRAPHER. WASmNGToN. D C.

PATENT EEicEG JONATHAN H. BYE, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION OF BUGGIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,81 7, dated Detcnibcr 8, 1863.

To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that I, JONATHAN H. BYE, of the city of Sterling, in the county of \Vhite side and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in the Construction of Buggies and other Vehicles with Springs; andIdo hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure lis a top view as seen with the box of the vehicle removed, and Fig. 2 is a side View showing the iioor of the box resting upon its bearings-wiz., the rear springs, s, at u, and the flexible bar 7a at My invention consists in simplifying springvehicles in their construction, thereby rendering them less expensiveby combining the forward springs with the thills, making one a part each of the other; by combining the coupling with the rear springs, making one a part each of the other, and by combining the coupling with a device to facilitate turning the vehicle when in use; in bolting or other- Wise rigidly fastening the forward springs (which are equivalentto the thills, being a part of them) to the axle, thereby avoiding the noise and the danger of becoming detached incident to the usual way ofjoining the thills to the axle by a hinge arrangement; in attaching the thills (through a part of the springs) to the vehicle in a way that when not in use they will of themselves remain erect when put in that position, thus rendering it convenient for bitching in a horse and for guarding against breakage, &c., by their lying on the ground, and will bear down upon the harness on a descending road instead of inclining to rise, as in the usual way of attaching them; in dispensing with that part of the thills back of the cross-bar, and the usual ironing of the same, for by placing the springs upon the thills that end is thoroughly accomplished.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood by others, I will proceed to describe it more particularly.

Upon the thills c a at in the vicinity of the cross-bar of the thills, (or upon a bar to which might be attached a pole or tongue for a pair of horses, deemed unnecessary to show in the drawings,) I bolt or otherwise fasten the springs b b and c c, made of any suitable material and form for the purpose intended. The springs b b, which are a continuation of the thills, are firmly bolted or otherwise fastened to the forward axle, d, at e. The springs c c, of proper length,when the thills are raised to their usual height when in use terminate directly over the forward axle with an eye or some suitable arrangement to receive the ends of the turning-beamj atf in such way that the thills will be free to rise or fall, hinging on that point.

To the under side of the box ofthe vehicle, by means of the posts n n or their equivalent, I securely fasten the couplings m m, at a proper distance from the box to allow the iiexible bar h and turning-beam j to move freely. This couplingm mdiverges rearward and with proper length to meet the rear springs at p, where they are firmly bolted or otherwise fastened. The springs 1' l', forming apart ofthe coupling, are securely attached to the axle t at q 1, and the springs s s pass in asuitable direction and length to curve upward and meet the box over the axle t and there be fastened at a a. By the curve o in the spring s the spring can lengthen asthe box descends.

The beam j, which rests upon the forward springs, c c, atf, turns horizontally upon the center or king bolt, g. It has a long slot or guide formed by the bar Z on the under side of it and t-he pins t t'. The kingbolt g passes through an eye in the end of the bar h, so that it is free to move in the slot with g as a center.

h is a flexible bar, of any suitable material, possessing only a horizontal motion, rigid perpendicularly, that it may bear all or a part of the load upon the forward axle, thus preventing -friction upon the guides or circle. It is firmly fastened to the under side of the box at k, thu's resting the load upon the end of a spring at the center g. The forward ends of the coupling m m pass through the slot or guides on the beam j, and are curved so that as the beam j is turned by means of the thills to the right or left the pins t' z', operating on the curve as by a cam, will throw the box in a direction contrary to that in which the thills move, and away from the encroaching wheel when turning, the bnr h yielding to the lateral with the rear springs, s s and o' 1, the Curved pressure of t' z' against the sides ofthe Curved continuation n 0 n of the Coupling m m, the

ends of the Coupling. beam j, with its guides formed by Z and z i,

What I claim as my invention, and desire and the flexible bnr h, as substantially set to secure by Letters Patent, isy forth.

l. The combination of the thills a a with the JONATHAN H. BYE. springs Z) Z) and 0.o, for the purpose and in the Titnessesz manner herein described. JosHUA HUNT,

2. The combination of the coupling m m S. Ross MORGAN. 

